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' RP' 11111111111111111111111 3f RWRN W y U .`-'Referri1ig to the Idrawings mirri); sprarns JOHN EDWIN STARR AND rafrnnfr onirica CASSIUS CLAY PALMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' PQWDER on EXrLosIVE MAGAZINE Fon WAR-SHIPS.

Application led anuary 23, 1913. Serial No. 743,734,

To all l'whom t wieg/6072061121:

Be it known that we, JoHNEDwIN STARR andCAssiUs CnixjPaLMnn, citizens of the United States, residing at New York city,

.5 borough ofnManhattan, in the county of New York and State of New- York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Powder" or Explosive Magazines for far-Ships, of which the following is a 3 0 specification. l i .y

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements inpowder or explosive magazines for warships, and; more particularly to .the structures disclosed in the United States Letters Pat-entof. John Edwin Starr No.

1,079,069, dated November 18, 1913, and Cassius Clay Palmer No, 1,079,070, dated November 1S, 1913.` In the aboveLetters Patent granted to lus is shown and described a construction embodying a cooling conduit or i pipe system. arranged between the deck beams -and beneath which conduit or system is provided apan or receptacle forming with the deck and deckbeams a duct for circula- ,25 ti0n.0f air in, the magazine, said pan also serving to.v catch waterioffcondensation which may drip from the outer surface of the coolin'g'conduit or system, and it is the' object of this present invention to provide im- .30'proved and simplified means for mounting or Asecuring the said conduits, and the' said pan or receptacle in operative position. I

The invention consists in the constructlon of parts and their arrangement 'in combinationto be more fully described hereinafter and. the novelty of which will be particularly pointed' out and distinctly claimed.

We havefully andclearly illustrated the 1invention inthe accompanying.drawings to ll''be taken as a part'of this specification and Whel'ein:

4igurc'l isa section taken onthe line l-lwof Fig.` 2. Fig. 2 is. a section on the line '2-9'oif` Fig. 1,` partsbeing sliownin f5 plan. "Fig: Bjis a section takenon the. line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Figl is a detail sectlonal view take-non the line l-l of Fig; 2. F 1g. i's'a. vd etailsectional viewtaken` on the ,lin'j5-5 of Fig. Q. v l

by characters oflreference, 1, 1 designate thev vertical side walls of a magazine chamber, and 2 desig# I nates the -deck plate which also constitutes tlieroofor ceilingof the magazine, the deck 55' pla'te"'being supported on horizontal deck or ceiling beams 3, preferably channel irons.

The deck beams, as appears from Fig. 1, are arranged with theirwebs vertical` the deck plates being securedfby rivets l to the upperwlianges 5 of the deck beams.

Lhe innerlfaces of the side wall 1 and the deck plate :2, are covered with suitab'leheatinsulating material 2 so as to protect the interior of the magazine from exterior heat influences, so that the temperature within the magazine may be more easily maintained uniform or at a desiredy teml'nerature.` Y

The beams 3, it will be noted, project below `the inner surface of the ceiling, as is apparent from Fig. 1, and are insulated with heat-insulating material 3, suclras cork, to prevent conduction of the heat throughcontact of the beams with the iron deck, through the mass of the beam and into the magazine.

Beneath the deck beams 3 and vsupported therefrom in a manner to be presently' described are placed "the pans (5, preferablyr .made of steel, each of which is insulated on the inner face of its bottom by a layer of waterproof heat-insulatingmaterial T, such as a composition of groundv cork and pitch. This insulation prevents the pans from being chilled by the refrigerating coils S below the dew point of the magazine and thereby prevents the condensation of moisvture on the underside of the bottom of the pan. c i

The pans above mentioned are preferably oblong in shape' andv are provided with lon-l gitudinal upstanding side flanges 9 and end flanges l0 which retain any moisture which may be condensed on the refrigcrating pipes and may drip therefrom. The pans bridge the space between each two adjacentcdeck beams. and each pan is arranged so that its said side flanges S) contact the corkcovering 3 of the deck beams so that the" said flanges make an ai'r and fluid tightjoint between each pan and the deck beams, whereby each painw'ith the deck beams and ceiling, form an air ductV across `the upper end of the;

magazine. "The upper edgesof the longitu;- dinal flanges of the pans are inclined lengthwise relative to the bottoms of the pans, as shown in Fig. 2,' so that, when the pans are secured in place,` the bottoms of4 thefpans will be inclined from one 4end tothe'otherg` as shown in Fig. 3. `The pansfdescribed" are preferably ofva 'length less than thel 'distance from wall t0 wall of the 'magazine taken lengthwise of the deck beam, sothatl spaces 11,12 are provided at the ends of the fpan `jpr ovidiiigj inlett'and'an outlet to the air duct formed byeach'pan. 1. The lower end of of theniagazinean outlet or doivntake pascilitatesktliefiioiv of airft'hrough-tlfie duct-s.

v f "IVeyhave above,` briefly `described;a 'con-v struction. 'app"earing` in the applications jodabove fieferred to, sof` .that` the application 1 'e .ivilly noiiyproceed to f describe the iin- 15` fpcsitions* above set (forth. I'I his inea-ns conii lpriseshangerspreferably in fthe forni of L fboltslfletthrougli# apertures-in the lower lateral g liangesr 13?? of. fthe deck or ceiling 'beams L3,"saidboltsibeing*threaded at their l, f2@ oppositeen'dsiasclearly 'shown infFigs. 1

y ,threaded ongthe uppjergends thereof; vrespecj tively?above` andtbeloyvj.k thesaid; flange. i L'Ihese bolts@exteiidfffroinf- .the flange 13a.

for ceiling*beanis.`aiitlcariy at their lower s ends clamping plates lriivliich extend inf ii'ardlib i 3o"tliefportionfofgeaclijplagte`.16 about the. bolt e' 13 andvvhel loiyer` face ouf-the' cork 4covering y i for-.thedeckibeaiti;' Ihe clamping plates 16 in' plafceyagainst theco'veringV of 'the deck '35 `beainfblv"nieansiofalnut` 18 threaded onto z thegloiver end of eachhanger bolt. It `will l spacing blocks 11'` iii positior'i,V the inner pio y jectingendsvof thejcllziillljng `Pelivltes will lift the pan.aiidfclanip"the'inclined :edge of the `silla ted coveringffoi' the deck beam, so .that

i thefs d' ial'ileidistances alongbctli sides ffach pan p and 7arefsuspendedi from; he dec-k beams lf2 ivliicli'gforin th e for theair d ucts for 'ivliich eacl rinst the' bottom.'l In order tl engage the p to forni vthe airtight 'oint between thefilaiiges 9 and the covering tor i th` deck beains.'k the: spacing i blocks 1T are `inadel: of` increasing 4thicltn'ess,from the upper' end of the .panjtoivard the lower end Vpansgin "plance,`it; v illfbefiio'ted that the con-y i f forniti sh( vn i `that itgf u "for tlielpassageoffastening means:

. We Ivillnon?proceedto describethe means kp forsecuringtli' efrigerating coils, grids,

ur, saidfgrkapplications, and

i each "jpan, is, provided*iyitli a depending `flange 3.12"1k `formingwith. the ad]acent' wall i C y v bottoms ot-the pans. In orderto accomplish s lsage vhich, yvith theffi'ncline `of thepan, fa.

.and construction `'of^.tlie present improvef provedfineans foiyseciii'ingfthe pans in the z vand stgan'd frigidly@ clamped y by, nuts 1l.' 15

'Y y275 doivntlirongh thecork-coveriiig'ofthe deck e eneath'; the [bottoni-ojfwtlie' pan, a

` 'spacingfblockflf"beinginterposed vbetween and thesplacingblocks l'zare each clamped be understood; that QivhenQthe nuts 1S are e `e edgesof the pani 'Iyt v'vill be under stood-that the bolts aievairangedjat suitt?\ the clani ip ng plates 1G; Will propthereof.: ByQthis means 'for Securing, -theein ofthe. )an 1s siinplifiediover the nnecessary, to 1 perforatefv the pans described `ivith relation to F ig. l.

.formed by the ceiling of the magazine. the

ceiling beams and pans 6, sothat said coils; grids. pipes or conduits' iyill be held rigidly in place and will not dropdown upcii 4the the result stated.- ive provide supporting members 19 extending transversely otthe air ducts a'nd the ends ot which ma v be sefcured, as shown in Figui, beneath the loiijerl vflanges of the deck beams on the bolts 115,

and clampedv in engagement `with said` flanges "by ineansof the loivernuts 1? here-V iiig kmembers l!) bridge the space betweenl 1 the beams and ai'e adapted to h'aeith'e con- .tofore described. These transverse support'- i duits or loops ot' the refrigerating.systemv supported either on the'upi'ier side. or from the lowers-ide. thereof; lo the `left ofFig.

vl we have shoivr tivo of,-i'efrigerating rangementtlie sets ot'lopps are secured inA place by a transverseclamping member :Ul

laid under 'the loivcrfset 'of loopsand'ia clamping member :3l over the upper set. said clamping members being secured b v clainping bolts let through saitl`,ii i'einbei's 21),

:'21, and the transverse sul'ipoitting members.4

land passing between the individual conduits i of the loops. rlhe clamping bolts-2; are provided at? their loiver ends ivitli suitable :iuts

:23 b vjnieans `of which the clamping mem bers-2U, 21 are drawn toward the conduits oi the loops to securely and rigidlvclamp the same against the transverse supporting members 15). so that V:said-loops cannot rock e .i le "up and don-ii.- during the rockingoi tiieshi.'i. .fhis is 1mportaiit becauseany inovenieiit of theloops .ai-ld tend to cause .re :same to rattlev los againstthe pan or the surroiindinr structure. l

orto loosenthe jointsot' the pipes of the "loops: is prevented. therebv obviatinguleaks.

Ait the right of Fig. l weh-ave; heevnan arrangementin yvhichbut one setfofiloops yis provided. the saine beingfl'supporte'd kfrom the underside of thetransverse member I9-, being clamped;thereto by theY transverse member 2U and ltlieclaiiiging bolts 22 in the saine inaiineithat theloiver set of'loopsl is secured--to the transverse supporting ineiuv ber at the-'left'ot' Fig. l.f y I v e InfFig. l ive have shoivn the hanger bolts f 13 as secured tojthe lateral flange of the deckbeain at a point where'tlie transverse supporting members 19 .for the loops are not required.` in ivhicli event the upper and.

lower clamping bolts 1l,- 15 directly engage' the saidl fiange of the .deck beam. In other respects' the construction is the saine as the In Fig. 5 Vis shoivn any arrangen'ientjfor point where it would not be necessary to bolt being embedded in or covered by the insulated covering.

I'Vhat we cla1m and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United lStates is 1. In an explosive magazine, in combination with the ceiling and the ceiling beams, of a transverse member connected to said beams and lbridging the space between the same, refrigerating conduits f supported above and below the said transverse member, clamping members overlying the conduits and clamping devices connecting saidl of a transverse member connected to said beams, projections on the ends of said hangers projecting beneath the pan 4to support the latter, and blocks between the said pro jections and the beams, said blocks being successively of greater thickness from one end'of the pan to the other to support the pan with its bottom on an incline.

' 5. -In an explosive magazine, in combination with the ceiling and the ceiling beams, of a refrigerant conduit in the space between the beams, a pan bridging the`space between the beams and inclosing the conduit, hanger bolts dependin from the beams,'and a plateon the en -of each of the said bolts projecting beneath the pan to support the latter.

6. In an explosive magazine, in combination with the ceiling and the ceiling beams,

of a refrigerant conduit in the space be-4 tween the beams, a pan bridging the space between the beams and inclosingthe conduit, hanger bolts depending from the beams, and plates on the ends of the wid .bolts projecting beneath the pan to Slipport the latter, and blocks between said yplates and the beams, said blocks being sucf cessively of greater thickness from one end of the pan to the other to support the pan with its -bottom on an incline.

7. In an explosive magazine, in combination with the ceiling andthe ceiling beams, of a refrigerant conduit in the space between the beams, a pan bridging the space between the beams and inclosing the'conduit, hanger bolts depending from the beams, plates on the ends of the said bolts projecting beneath the pan to supportv the latter, and a space block on each bolt between the plate supported thereby and the beam.

8. In an explosive magazine, in c0mbina tion with the ceiling and the ceiling beams, a pan bridging the space between the beams and inclosing the conduit, hanger bolts depending from the beams, plates on the ends of the said bolts projecting beneath the pan to support'the latter, a transverse member bridging the space between the beams, clamping members above and below the transverse member and parallel thereto, and a plurality of conduit loops between each of said clamping members and the transverse member.

9L In an explosive magazine, in combination with the ceiling and the ceiling beams, a pan bridging the space between the beams, a transverse member extending across the pan, bolts connecting each end of said member to said beams and carrying means for supporting said pan, and a refrigerating conduit supported by said transverse member.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

M. E. MCNINCH, Gull/ CEYLMUR. 

